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- Apr 17, 2014
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- Location
- Warwick
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 15
I have a hive with two brood boxes on.
I checked the bees this morning and the top box was really good, a couple of frames of stores and the rest mostly capped brood or lavae, with some eggs.
Bottom box largely empty drawn frames with about three frames of eggs lavae and capped brood.
There were a few play cups but no queen cells.
This afternoon, the sun has come out and the rain has stopped and the bees are massing outside.
I have just put a queen excluder under, as I am worried that this is the prelude to a swarm.
Am I doing the right thing there?
and
Should I do an artificial swarm this afternoon.
I have a spare brood box and roof.
Thanks for your advice.
I checked the bees this morning and the top box was really good, a couple of frames of stores and the rest mostly capped brood or lavae, with some eggs.
Bottom box largely empty drawn frames with about three frames of eggs lavae and capped brood.
There were a few play cups but no queen cells.
This afternoon, the sun has come out and the rain has stopped and the bees are massing outside.
I have just put a queen excluder under, as I am worried that this is the prelude to a swarm.
Am I doing the right thing there?
and
Should I do an artificial swarm this afternoon.
I have a spare brood box and roof.
Thanks for your advice.